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Hayabusa2 asteroid missions and global efforts
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Latest: Japan's Hayabusa2 probe achieves record 400‑metre asteroid flyby
JAXA confirmed that on 5 July 2026 Hayabusa2 executed an 800‑metre close fly‑by of near‑Earth asteroid Torifune at about 5.3 km s⁻¹ (≈ 17 700 km/h), using its ONC‑T camera, NIRS3 spectrometer, TIR imager and LiDAR. The h